1New York Times

The Man from UNCLE review by Manohla Dargis

There’s a lot to be said for watching beautiful people doing very silly stuff on screen.

Alicia Vikander… plays Gaby, one of those amusingly all-purpose characters… Mostly, she is the regulation Girl and narrative bridge uniting the new Napoleon (Henry Cavill, a charming stiff who seems mostly interested in trying to mimic Mr Vaughn’s staccato) with the new Illya (Armie Hammer, easier on the eyes than ears).

2LA Times

The Man from UNCLE review by Mark Olsen

In the hands of director and co-writer Guy Ritchie, it all winds up feeling hollow and even slightly oppressive, an enforced sense of fun jabbed within quotation marks. It aims for a silky lightness of touch but lands like a dropped slab of concrete.

The film feel like some kind of unintended treatise on the indescribable essence of movie stardom, as Cavill and Hammer are no Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.

4Entertainment Weekly

The Man from UNCLE review by Chris Nashawaty

Long on style but short on substance, Guy Ritchie’s ring-a-ding-ding Cold War spy thriller attempts to resurrect a mothballed ’60s TV series the way that Mission: Impossible did. It doesn’t work this time.